Improved head-rest



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. Lam Patent Nq. 103,631, dated May 31, 1870.

IMPROV'ED HEAD-REST.

-The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom t may concern.-

Be. it known that I, CALEB V. LITTLEPAGE, oi' Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented a new-an'd improved Head-Rest; and I do .hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, plate 1, is a perspectiveview of the headrest, opened and ready to apply to a seat-back.

Figure 2, plate 1, is a perspective view showing the head-rest when folded up.

Figure 3, plate 2, is a'perspective view illustrating the manner of using theimproved head-rest.

Figure 4, plate 2, is a view ofthe back of the rest, unfolded. I

Figure 5, plate 2, is an edge view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to improve portable head-rests for railroad-car seats and other seats, whereby they can be readily applied to or removed from the back of' seats without the useof clamp-screws, and whereby they are readily adjustable and adaptable -to suit the `convenience and comfort of diierent persons. At the same time they are light, and can be folded in a very small space, so as to b'e portable and handy to ,carry about the person.

The nature of myinventi'on consist-s in pivoting two .elastic arms to the back of a snit-able cushion for the lead, by means of clamp-screws, and in' applying to said aims, by means of clamp-screws, two self-holding elastic clasps, which latter are adapted for holding the cushion and its armsupon the back of a seat, said cushion, arms, and clasps being adjustable, and otherwise constructed, as will be hereinafter explained,

To enable others skilled in the art tonnderstand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation. y

In the accompanying drawing- A represents a cushion', which is preferably m'ade of an oblong or elliptical form, and curved so as tojreceive the convexity of .the back of the head, and aord a comfortable rest. Y

lThe back of the cushion maybe made of metal or of carved wood, covered ima/suitable manner, and provided at the middle of/its length with a screw-stud.

To this screw-s the upper ends of two curved arms, B B, alge/pgvoted, and are confined in place at any deirXed/a gle to each other, by means of a washer and thnm -nut applied on saidAscrew-stud.

The ms B B are curved, as shown in the drawings, and terminated at their lower portions by the curves g g, which are designed to serve as braces while using the head-rest.

The arms B' B have pivoted to them, at the junction of the upper and lower curied portions, two curved or hooked clasps, C G, consisting, each, of a long [lat tail-piece, a', and a shorter curved hooking-piece, a, as clearly shown in the drawings, gs. 1, 2, and 5.

The pivots which connect the clasps C O to the arms B B are preciselylike the device which connects the cushion A to the two arms B B.

The thumb-nuts c c allow the clasps C 0 to be rigidly xed to their respective arms, at any desired angle with relation thereto.

The arms and clasps are madeof spring-metal strips, properly curved, and, if desired, covered with leather' or other suitable material.

It will be seen, from the above description, that my improved head-rest consists essentially of five parts, to wit, a cushion for the head, flexible supports for the cushion, and clasps for holding the above parts on the back of a car-seat or other seats.v These parts are pivoted together so that they can be compactly folded up and rendered very portable.

The lowerextensions g g of the two arms B B assume positions behind the straight poitionsa' a.' of the clasps C C when the device is unfolded and adjusted upon' the back of a seat. Thus, these extensions strengthen the joints of theJ clasps, and serve to strengthen the said arms.

'The clasps being made of a hooked form, and of spring met-al, are adaptable to. the upper edge of seatbacks of di'erent thickness, and will `lfirmly hold the arms an'd cushion in proper position.

It will be seen that the cushion is adj nstable vertically, that is to say, by spreading out the arms B B, more or less, the cushion can be adjusted relatively to the upper edge of a seat-back to suit persons of any height.` l

The thumb-nuts are used to tighten .the joints after the instrument is properly adjusted, and to loosen said joints again when it is desired to fold up the instrument, as represented by fig. 2.

Having described my invention, NVhat I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,l

, l. The combination of the extensible arms B B and spring-clasps O O with a cushion, A, said parts being connected byjoints provided with clamp-nuts, substantially as described.

2. The lower extensions g, on the arms B B, in combination with clasps O C and a cushion, A, substan tiallyas described.

CALEB' V. 'LITTLEPAGE Witnesses: I

J. V. CAMPBELL, EDM. F. Bnown. 

